2013 Coming of Age movie in which the protagonist, 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James) is dragged along on a family vacation with his mom (Toni Collette), her boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent's daughter. Duncan never quite finds his feet until he gets a job at a water park run by Adult Child Owen (Sam Rockwell).

Ambiguous Time Period: Apparently the script was originally set in The Eighties. The decision was made to change it to modern times, but we rarely see any technology invented in the last thirty years. Most notably, a major part of the plot is that Duncan disappears for entire days and his mother chides him for not leaving a note. The lack of cell phones is a glaring thing in a 21st century setting.

Book Ends: The film begins and ends at Duncan's POV as he sits at the back of the Buick, as they go to and leave from Water Wizz respectively.

Butt Monkey: Lewis at the waterpark. And Trent certainly treats Duncan as one.

Cerebus Syndrome: Though from the start this movie has some degree of intensity, it begins as a standard Coming of Age story and is fairly predictable. However, some Genre-Busting occurs as the story takes some dark turns.

Cool Car: Trent's 1970 Buick Estate Wagon whose backward-facing third row seat lends the movie its' title. Justified in that he made an effort to source the same model his family owned when he was a kid.

Then there's Owen's "just sh---y enough" Cavalier convertible and the girly pink bicycle Duncan finds in the garage and commandeers as his own transportation.

Crapsack World: Seen from Duncan's point of view at the beginning. It gets better though once he starts enjoying himself.

Deadpan Snarker: Susanna's family is quite a snarkfest. Watch the banter of Peter and Betty, and then Susanna towards Duncan.

Tsundere: Caitlin, somewhat justified by the fact that Owen is unbelievably irresponsible.

Two Decades Behind: Done deliberately, justified, played with, lampshaded and invoked as the point. The movie shows quite a lot of older people pining for the older days, but as we are seeing the events unfold through Duncan, he is understandably creeped out by what he sees, and doesn't understand the nostalgia the others see.

Waxing Lyrical: Owen tries to get help with Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero." He gets weird looks.

Your Cheating Heart: Trent cheats on Duncan's mom. It says a lot about Trent that it's actually the least jerkish thing he does in the story.

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